K-type star · orange dwarf

7Nu 2CMa

64.4 lybrightness mag 3.95K1III+...

Also catalogued as HR 2429 · HD 47205 · HIP 31592 · Gliese Gl 239.1

4,656 K

temperature

3.95

apparent magnitude

8.94× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

64 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

8.94×

the Sun's light output

2.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

7Nu 2CMaK-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2225 →12 ly apart
14Zet Lep →16 ly apart
16Eta Lep →19 ly apart
Gliese Gl 291B →22 ly apart
HR 2500 →22 ly apart
9 Pup →22 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Aludra →mag 2.5
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Major

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.